2005-11-10

train dinner

Train dinner is usually quite a production for me. With about six hours to fill, why not spend the better part of one of them enjoying things I love (that is, cheese)? I discovered pita in the freezer so I'm using that and did not go to Companion today for bread.

Castello (mild, cow's milk blue)

A mild, young, California cheddar

(both of which to go with rather bland but nicely textured local Fuji apples)

Valdeon, a cabrales-like but younger (creamier) cow-goat blue from Spain

A few slices each of jamón Serrano and prosciutto di Parma, to compare and more intimately understand both.

Sungold cherry tomatoes (the last of them for months! They are generally not commercially available because like satsumas they are very easily damaged once picked.)